Προηγορεών
crop
Translated by David Whitehead14 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the so-called uvula, the gullet. Properly speaking a 'crop' is the gizzard of birds, where the nourishment is accumulated.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προηγορεών· ὁ λεγόμενος γαργαρεών, ὁ λαιμός. προηγορεὼν δὲ κυρίως ὁ ἐχῖνος τῶν ὀρνίθων, ὅπου προαγείρεται ἡ τροφή.
Betacode
*prohgorew/n: o( lego/menos gargarew/n, o( laimo/s. prohgorew\n de\ kuri/ws o( e)xi=nos tw=n o)rni/qwn, o(/pou proagei/retai h( trofh/.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 374 (web address 1), where the word is applied to Kleon (kappa 1731).
See already pi 2260, pi 2412.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- π2260Πρηγορεῶνοςcrop's; of a crop[Meaning of a sc. bird's] gullet.
- π2412Προηγορεῶναςcrops[Meaning] the throats of birds, properly speaking the so-called prologoi, because grains are collected [sulle/getai] in them. In humans, too, the throat is also called a crop. In either case [the term comes] from…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added link, raised status — Catharine Roth
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead